"Goodwill's CEO Steve Preston told Fortune that while most CEOs have good intentions, they can't control every interview or job offer. And so the promise of skills-first hiring may not be reaching the millions of jobless Gen Zers who need it. "Right now, employers are consistently saying they want to hire for skills, not necessarily degrees," Preston said. "But the proof is in the pudding. Not everybody does it.""
"Gen Zers without degrees are struggling most with unemployment While the opportunities for young people without degrees are certainly growing, Preston says they're ultimately still more likely to face unemployment than Gen Zers with degree. 'What I'm seeing is, of the overall unemployment, people without college degrees have no jobs,' the 65-year-old CEO, who formerly served as the 14th United States secretary of housing and urban development, revealed."
Major employers eliminated degree requirements for many jobs, prompting other firms to mirror those changes in job listings. Many employers advertise skills-first hiring while hiring decisions and interviews still often prioritize degrees. CEOs and organizations cannot oversee every interview or job offer, so policies at the top do not always reach hiring professionals. Goodwill operates over 650 job centers and served more than two million people last year and expects an influx of jobless Gen Z workers as automation advances. Young adults without college degrees face higher unemployment rates than degree holders and are finding work more difficult to secure.
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